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Eva Guzman
Eva Martinez Guzman (born January 12, 1961) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of the Texas Supreme Court from 2009 to 2021. In 2022, she became a partner at Wright Close & Barger, LLP in Houston, Texas.
Guzman was initially appointed to the court by then-Governor Rick Perry in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by Justice Scott Brister, who had resigned with more than a year left in his term.
In a June 7, 2021 letter to Governor Greg Abbott, Guzman announced her resignation effective by the end of the week. Guzman later announced a challenge to incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton in the 2022 GOP primary.
Guzman is one of seven children of Mexican immigrant parents. Born in Chicago, she was raised in Houston, where she graduated from the predominantly Hispanic Stephen F. Austin High School in 1979.
Guzman received a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, a Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law Houston and a Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law. She has been licensed to practice law in Texas since November 4, 1989.
Prior to her appointment to the state supreme court, Guzman was one of nine justices on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, where she participated in deciding thousands of civil and criminal appeals and wrote hundreds of published opinions. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center. Before she was appointed to the appellate court, Guzman sat on a Family District Court bench in Harris County.
At the time of her appointment to the supreme court, then-Governor Perry called Guzman a "principled conservative with an "unmatched work ethic". Guzman won the GOP nomination for her seat in the primary election held on March 2, 2010. She defeated Judge Rose Vela of the 13th Court of Appeals 721,456 (65.3 percent) to 384,135 (34.7 percent). In the November 2 general election, Guzman defeated Democrat Blake H. Bailey.
In the Republican primary election held on March 1, 2016, Guzman won renomination for a second six-year term by defeating Joe Pool, the son of Joe R. Pool, a Democratic U.S. representative from Dallas who died in 1968. She received 1,269,231 votes (59.2 percent) to Pool's 874,128 (40.8 percent). In the November 8, 2016 general election, Guzman defeated her Democratic opponent, Savannah Robinson, with 4,884,441 votes (55.8 percent), to 3,445,959 (39.4 percent) for Robinson. Two other contenders, Don Fulton and Jim Chisholm of the Libertarian and Green parties, respectively, polled 304,587 votes (3.5 percent) and 119,022 (1.4 percent).
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Eva Guzman
Eva Martinez Guzman (born January 12, 1961) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of the Texas Supreme Court from 2009 to 2021. In 2022, she became a partner at Wright Close & Barger, LLP in Houston, Texas.
Guzman was initially appointed to the court by then-Governor Rick Perry in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by Justice Scott Brister, who had resigned with more than a year left in his term.
In a June 7, 2021 letter to Governor Greg Abbott, Guzman announced her resignation effective by the end of the week. Guzman later announced a challenge to incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton in the 2022 GOP primary.
Guzman is one of seven children of Mexican immigrant parents. Born in Chicago, she was raised in Houston, where she graduated from the predominantly Hispanic Stephen F. Austin High School in 1979.
Guzman received a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, a Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law Houston and a Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law. She has been licensed to practice law in Texas since November 4, 1989.
Prior to her appointment to the state supreme court, Guzman was one of nine justices on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, where she participated in deciding thousands of civil and criminal appeals and wrote hundreds of published opinions. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center. Before she was appointed to the appellate court, Guzman sat on a Family District Court bench in Harris County.
At the time of her appointment to the supreme court, then-Governor Perry called Guzman a "principled conservative with an "unmatched work ethic". Guzman won the GOP nomination for her seat in the primary election held on March 2, 2010. She defeated Judge Rose Vela of the 13th Court of Appeals 721,456 (65.3 percent) to 384,135 (34.7 percent). In the November 2 general election, Guzman defeated Democrat Blake H. Bailey.
In the Republican primary election held on March 1, 2016, Guzman won renomination for a second six-year term by defeating Joe Pool, the son of Joe R. Pool, a Democratic U.S. representative from Dallas who died in 1968. She received 1,269,231 votes (59.2 percent) to Pool's 874,128 (40.8 percent). In the November 8, 2016 general election, Guzman defeated her Democratic opponent, Savannah Robinson, with 4,884,441 votes (55.8 percent), to 3,445,959 (39.4 percent) for Robinson. Two other contenders, Don Fulton and Jim Chisholm of the Libertarian and Green parties, respectively, polled 304,587 votes (3.5 percent) and 119,022 (1.4 percent).